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Oct 30, 2024 | 
nature.com | Andy Tay
Halloween, celebrated on 31 October, originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, during which people lit bonfires and wore costumes to ward off spirits. Today, it’s a holiday synonymous with not just witches and ghouls, but also crows, bats, owls, snakes and other ‘spooky’ creatures.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
nature.com | Andy Tay
In 2022, Carolina Quezada was on the hunt for a new piece of equipment. To synthesize the metallic nanoparticles she works with, she needed a dry bath incubator to heat the starting materials. She checked online, but held off on making a purchase because she was worried about the cost. In the end, she bought the equipment the following year.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
nature.com | Andy Tay
Single-use plastic has always been a concern of Caitlin Broadbent, a sustainability technician at King’s College London. Each month, researchers in the institute’s Drosophila fly facilities discard more than 20,000 polystyrene vials, contributing to an alarming increase in plastic waste as the laboratories continue to expand. The disposal of these vials, along with flies and food, involves incineration at high temperatures, which generates substantial carbon emissions.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
genengnews.com | Andy Tay
Home Topics Genome Editing Gene Therapy is Developing Rapidly in Asia Pacific
The Asia-Pacific gene therapy market was valued at $349.1 million in 2020 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.8% to reach nearly $7 billion in 2030. This predicted exponential growth is attributed to factors that include the surging burden of chronic diseases, the growing number of positive clinical trials, and the increase in gene therapy-based biotech companies.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
labmanager.com | Andy Tay
Gene therapy was conceptualized alongside a revolution in genetic sequencing and gene delivery technologies. Currently, there are numerous US FDA-approved gene therapy products to treat a variety of conditions. In addition to improving the vector constructs, optimizing manufacturing and analytics of viral vectors is equally important.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
nature.com | Andy Tay
For Michael Monaghan, the road to better laboratory finances came with breaking down walls — literally. When faced with the costly challenge of securing microscope access, Monaghan, a biomedical engineer at Trinity College Dublin, had to get creative. “The equipment was housed in an isolated quarter and its deconstruction and recalibration would be too costly,” he says. “In the end, we got approval to break down the wall of the microscope room, allowing us to reconfigure the building’s boundaries.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
informationweek.com | Andy Tay
It’s a new year and a new era. The enterprise technology landscape is exploding, especially with the evolution of AI. Leaders are faced with increasing technology complexity and pressures to achieve transformative business value. According to Accenture’s research, 97% of companies believe generative AI will be transformative for their companies and industries. And 95% plan to increase their technology spending as a proportion of revenue over the next year.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
nature.com | Andy Tay
Interdisciplinary training and research are increasingly valued for their contributions to solving complex problems that a single discipline cannot overcome. One 2021 study that tracked more than 44,000 grants awarded in the United Kingdom found that researchers who straddle fields have a crucial role as academic brokers, bridging gaps between seemingly disconnected subject areas (Y. Sun et al. Commun. Phys. 4, 263; 2021).
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
nature.com | Andy Tay
The ability to see first-hand the effects of climate change on vulnerable ecosystems underpins the work of these three scientists, whose research has taken them to glaciers in Greenland, fishing communities in Mexico and the landing sites of migratory shorebirds all over the world. But it’s not just about the fieldwork. For these scientists, a commitment to outreach and behaviour change is just as important in the fight to stave off the worst impacts of a warming planet.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
labmanager.com | Brandoch Cook |Erica Tennenhouse |Angelo DePalma |Andy Tay
Evaporators remove water or organic solvents from samples, often for sample concentration, solvent recycling, or separating solvent mixtures. They are widely used in pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries, as well as many chemistry and life science laboratories.
